Apparatus for discharging horses and shafts from carriages



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Detaching Horses.

No. 17,376. Patented May 26, 1857.

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GILBERT HUBBARD, OF SANDERSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGING HORSES AND SHAFTS FROM CARRIAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,376, dated May 26, 1857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT HUBBARD, of Sandersfield, in the county ofBerkshire and State of hlassachusetts, have invented a new and useful orl'mproved Apparatus for Discharging Horses and Shafts from Carriages;andl do hereby declare that the same is fully described and representedin the following specification and the accompanying drawings, of which-Figure 1, is a top view ofa carriage having my invention applied to it.Fig. 2, a side elevation of it. Fig. 3, a vertical, central andlongitudinal section of it. Fig. l, is an underside view of it.

The object of my invention is to enable a person, who may be in acarriage with which a horse is running away, to free the body andwheels, or running parts, from the shafts and horse. Also to provide theshafts with a means by which, when they are detached from the carriage,their rear ends may be maintained at such a height above the ground, asto prevent their cross bar from falling on the horse's hind legs anddoing injury thereto.

In the drawings, A, represents the body of the carriage or argon; B, therear axle; C, the front axle; D, D, D, D, the wheels; E E, the shafts,connected in the usual way by a transverse bar F; G, is the perch; H, I,the springs, they being applied in the usual manner to the carriage bodyand the perch, while the latter is fixed in the ordinary way to both theaxles.

Against the front part of one side of the carriage body is a metallicplate, a, against which a rotary foot cam 7), is placed and made to turnon a fulcrum, c. This foot cam formed as shown in the drawings carries aspring lever latch (Z, arranged as shown in Figs. 1, and 2, such turningon a fulcrum at e, and having a stud or pin to project through the camand into a hole made in the plate, a, the same being as shown in Fig. 5,which is a sectional view of said parts, a latch, stationary plate andthe cam plate.

lVhen a person pushes his foot forward againstthe tail arm, f, of thelatch, he will move the latch so as to enable the cam to revolve on itsfulcrum, the latch serving to lock the cam in position at other times.The cam bears against or passes through the outer end of a slider, 9,whose inner end is jointed to an arm, 72, extended from a turning leverframe, 2', formed and arranged as shown in Figs. 1, and 3, and made torotate on the king bolt, K, on which the front axle turns. The arm, 71,slides freely up and down on two upright rods of the lever frame, inorder that the body of the carriage may be free to play on its springs.

From the lower part. of the lever frame, an arm, Z, is extendedlaterally, as shown in Fig. (3, which is a top view of the front part ofthe perch, and the mechanism applied thereto. To the outer end of thearm, Z, a bar, m, is jointed, and extends to a slider or block, 11,which slides freely on the perch and lengthwise of the same. This slideris fastened to a strut, 0, which extends forward from it and is made toembrace two sectoral levers or sectors, 1), p, turning on fulcra r, r,projecting from the underside of the front axle and arranged as shown inFig. t. 'lhese sectors lap on one another, each being furnished with aslot as seen at s, and to receive a pin, If, which passes through theslots and the strut and joints the strut to the sectors. A locking bolt,u, is jointed to the outer corner of each of the sectors and extendsthrough one of the shafts, and its hinge connections 1:, v, of the axle,the said bolts being sh vn in Figs. 1, and 4:. A lever, a, is alsojointed to the turning frame, 2', and is placed on the upper edge of theperch and turns horizontally on a fulcrum, :1, ex-.

tended therefrom. This lever carries a lock ing cam, 3 which is jointedto its inner end and extends through the perch or a clasp or stapleattachment, .2, arranged thereon as shown in Fig. 3.

The cam works against the slider block, 22 and prevents it from beingretracted until the lever frame is turned on its fulcrum far enough tomove the cam laterally sufli ciently to permit the slider to be movedbackward. By such means, the bolts of the shaft connection, aremaintained in place until such time as the foot cam, 7), is put inmovement on its fulcrum by a person in the carriage.

By pressure of the foot forward against the tail of the lever latch, (Z,the foot cam, b, may be unlatched and moved so as to cause the bolts tobe withdrawn from the shaft connections in such manner as to separatethe shafts from the forward axle. shafts when attached to the carriageturn up and down on such bolts.

Each shaft has a turning rest or leg a, hinged to its rear bed or partand so that it The i @the leg and the parts, I), b.

may be turned from vertical position up to the shaft and betweenprojections Z) 6 extended from the shaft. A pin or bolt, 0, jointed to alever, (Z, plays through This lever turns on a fulcrum, e, and has itsrear arm resting between two shoulders, f, f, fixed on the bolt u. Theretraction of the said bolt, u, will so move the lever, (2, as to causethe bolt, 0, to be drawn back in such manner as to allow the leg to dropinto a vertical or nearly vertical position as exhibited by dotted linesin Fig. 2. As there is a leg to each bolt, it, both of said legs willdrop simultaneously, and when their feet rest on the ground, cross baror shoulder, g, on each, will fetch up against the rear end of theadjacent shaft so as to maintain the leg in position and enable it tosupport the shafts or prevent their cross bar from dropping down on thehind legs of the horse to the injury of the animal.

In case the horse should runaway with the carriage, the person who maybe in said carriage, can readily separate the shafts from the body andwheels, the same being accomplished by pressure of his foot against thefoot cam as described.

Having thus described my invention what I claim, is as follows:

1. I claim the shaft rests or legs in combination with the shafts andbolting apparatus, and operated thereby substantially in manner and forthe purpose of supporting the shafts after their detachment from thecarriage as described.

2. I also claim the combination and arrangement of mechanism forattaching the shafts to, and detaching them from the axle connections asspecified, such combination consisting of the bolts, 10, u, the sectors,29, p, the turning lever frame, 2', and the rotary foot cam, 6,connected and made to operate together substantially as h-ereinbeforeexplained.

3. I also claim the. combination of the lever, w, and holdfast cam, y,with the turning pawl, i, and the slider, n, connected with the lattersubstantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature.

GILBERT HUBBARD.

WVitnesses D. K. STRICKLAND, JAs. OTHIEK.

